As an executive coach, I’m always fascinated with the topic of self-confidence. Some of my clients are introverts who want to be more empowered in sharing their thoughts, addressing issues, and persuading stakeholders.
I’m also an active Toastmaster. When I sat in interviews of people who wanted to join our club, practically all said they wanted (you guessed it) confidence in public speaking.
So what makes for self-confidence? Curious, I asked ChatGPT and it gave me ten or more components of self-confidence.
For me, that’s too many! I don’t want to give a workshop entitled “Thirteen Ways to Develop Self-Confidence.” As if I can memorize that many pointers and expect my participants to do that, too.
I’m a big fan of the Rule of Three. After some reflection, let me propose three major components of self-confidence. Work on each area and you’ll achieve personal mastery faster than just slugging it out.
The three components are skills, situation, and self.
I’ll explain each of them in the subsequent posts.
July 8, 2024
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